labor negotiations
Union-management discussions
Labor negotiations are formal discussions between employers and workers (usually represented by a union) to reach agreement on wages, benefits, working conditions, and other terms of employment.
The process often involves proposals, counterproposals, and compromise: Labor negotiations stalled over health insurance costs.
When negotiations break down, strikes or lockouts may follow.
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- bargaining tableWhere parties negotiate agreements
- wagesPayment for work
- shop stewardElected worker liaison
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
benefits · strikes · strike vote · agreement · ratifications · mediation · job security · compromises · final offer · tension · legal counsel · working hours · government agencies · cooling off period · trade unions · union representatives · rank and file · workplace safety
- labor relationscollective agreement, union elections, bargaining, union shop, union contract
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, union shops, union card
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, picket lines, strike action, coal strike
labor negotiationsstrike
Forceful impact or stoppage
lockout · work stoppage · labor conflict · industrial action · wildcat strike